LYDIA, Cilbiani Superiores. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (35mm, 23.10 g, 6h). Publius Claudius Meandros, son of Arios, archon. VF.

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Roman Provincial, Bronze

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LYDIA, Cilbiani Superiores. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (35mm, 23.10 g, 6h). Publius Claudius Meandros, son of Arios, archon. AY KAI Λ CЄΠ CЄOYPOC Π, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ЄΠI AP ΠO KΛ MЄNANΔPOY API, KIΛBIANΩN TΩN ANΩ, River-god Kilbos reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Kurth –; Hochard –; Unpublished, but a second specimen in Athens. Brown patina, roughness, scratches. VF. Extremely rare, one of two known specimens.

From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 46 (24 June 1998), lot 836.


Closing Date and Time: 28 June 2023 at 11:46:40 ET.

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